GALLERY 1

Birkenhead No.7

Birkenhead No7 as restored in Southport England at a cost of UK£7000

GALLERY 2 - Restoring Wolverhampton No.23

Pwllheli and Llanbedrog No1 before and after being restored. - the cost was £4000

MORE RESTORED HORSE TRAMS

London Tramways Company

This London Tramways car was built by John Stephenson of New York - the world's biggest horsecar manufacturer. Rescued for preservation in the 1970's and restored to its former glory (below)

(London Transport Museum)

Chesterfield 8

Chesterfield Horsecar No 8, built by G.F. Milnes of Birkenhead in 1899, is seen at Crich in 1996.

Sheffield 15

Built by Starbuck of Birkenhead in 1874, Sheffield 15 was the first fare-collecting tram to run at Crich in 1963.

Cardiff 21

Cardiff 21 was a Falcon car, similar to Wolverhampton 23.

(Welsh Industrial and Maritime Museum)

Glasgow

This car was built by Falcon to Glasgow's design. Other manufacturers made identical cars.

(Museum of Transport, Glasgow)

Oporto Car No.9.

A Starbuck car built in about 1874 and still running in the 1950's on the Sardine Factory peak hour tram service but by then in use as a trailer. Picture taken at the National Tramway Museum UK. Note the ancient fenestration style.

Rochester USA No.55

John Stevens of Long Island USA restored this beauty in 1970. It is a bob-tail car or single entrance car. Note the authentic Victorian lettering style - so typical of this era. Photo courtesy of Llewellyn Bros, Wilkes-Barr, PA., USA. The tram was a John Stephenson product. John Stevens is one of the World's greatest experts on tramcar evolution from the 1830's onwards.

Another Starbuck car of Birknhead UK built about 1868. Note the very early ladder-type stair which was used until John Stephenson patented the enclosed and spiral stair that we are now all familiar with.